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With absentee ballots now counted in the Spring Valley mayor's race, front≠runner Demeza Delhomme has increased his lead and is preparing for a Dec. 2 swearing-in ceremony.

Delhomme finished the race Thursday with 1,748 votes to Bernard Charles' 1,402 votes, according to unofficial results from the Rockland County Board of Elections.

"It was a hard-fought campaign and whether there's 10 or 15 candidates, the people decided to choose me," Delhomme said. Delhomme, a village trustee who ran on the Democratic line, was leading Charles, who ran on the Spring Valley United line, after the vote ...